UN Habitat Landscape Planning Expert Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. UN Habitat Kenya looking for “Landscape Planning Expert”. Applicants with a degree in Master Degree may apply on or before 25th Feb 2022.
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development. It was established in 1978 as an outcome of the first United Nations Conference on Human Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat I) held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1976. UN-Habitat maintains its headquarters at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya. It is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The mandate of UN-Habitat derives from the Habitat Agenda, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1996.
UN Habitat Landscape Planning Expert Jobs 2022
The UN Habitat has published a job vacancy announcement on 17th Feb 2022 for qualified Kenyans to fill in the vacant post of Landscape Planning Expert to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
| Position | Landscape Planning Expert |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | 22 |
| Qualification | Master Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Ten years |
| Application Deadline | 25th Feb 2022 |
UN Habitat Job Vacancy 2022
Duties and Responsibilities: The consultancy is located in the Programme Development Branch and closely coordinates with colleagues in the UN-Habitat’s Regional and Country Offices. Under the overall guidance of the Branch Coordinator, and direct supervision by the Programme Management Officer, the consultancy will involve the following typical main duties leading to the ultimate requested outputs:
- Reviewing available spatial data related to urban informality, biodiversity, and climate vulnerability assembled by UN-Habitat for the cities of Honiara, Solomon Islands; Lilongwe, Malawi; and Morondava, Madagascar
- Designing and conducting one virtual fact finding workshop on spatial data availability with governmental departments of each of the three aforementioned cities
- Reviewing the piloting of UN-Habitat’s ecosystem-based adaptation tool (work package 3, above) in each of the three aforementioned cities
- Designing and conducting one virtual participatory workshop on vulnerability mapping and spatial projection with governmental departments and selected residents of each of the aforementioned cities
- Contributing to the production of a multidimensional atlas led by consultant (separate TOR) and UN-Habitat staff
- Proposing spatial projection scenarios for the aforementioned cities
- Recommending scale-appropriate, vulnerability-mitigating interventions available to cities at large and indicating which the aforementioned cities may undertake over different time periods and under different spatial expansion scenarios
- Presenting above findings at virtual global expert group meeting.
Position in Organization:
- Posting Title: Landscape Planning Expert
- Department/Office: United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- Duty Station: NAIROBI
- Posting Period: 16 February 2022 – 25 February 2022
- Job Opening Number: 22-United Nations Human Settlements Programme-174484-Consultant
- Staffing Exercise: N/A
Qualification:
- A master’s or advanced degree in urban planning, landscape architecture, or related field is required.’A first level degree with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
Experience:
- A minimum of ten years’ experience in urban or landscape planning or architecture is required.
- Experience leading complex metropolitan-scale landscape mapping exercises is highly desirable.
- Experience on multidisciplinary resilience projects is highly desirable. Experience in the developing world is desirable.
How to Apply UN Habitat Landscape Planning Expert Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=174484
The Closing Date: 25th Feb 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unhabitat.org |
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